Paul Stanley (album)
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| Studio album by Paul Stanley | |||||||||||||
| Released | September 18, 1978 | ||||||||||||
| Recorded | February–July 1978, Electric Lady Studios, New York City, The Record Plant Studios and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California |
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| Genre | Hard rock | ||||||||||||
| Length | 35:10 | ||||||||||||
| Label | Casablanca | ||||||||||||
| Producer | Paul Stanley, Jeff Glixman | ||||||||||||
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Paul Stanley is a 1978 solo album from Paul Stanley, the rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of American hard rock band Kiss. It was one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss on September 18, 1978. It is the only album of the four Kiss solo albums to feature all original songs, as Simmons, Criss and Frehley each recorded one cover song on their albums.
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | (2.0/10)[2] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
| Sputnikmusic | [4] |
The album reached #40 on the US Billboard album chart. AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and said that it is the most "Kiss-like" out of all the Kiss solo albums. It was generally regarded as the second best of the solo albums, following Frehley's.
Track listing
All songs written by Paul Stanley, except tracks 2, 3 and 5, co-written by Mikel Japp.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Tonight You Belong to Me" | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Move On" | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Ain't Quite Right" | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Wouldn't You Like to Know Me" | 3:16 |
| 5. | "Take Me Away (Together As One)" | 5:26 |
| 6. | "It's Alright" | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)" | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Love in Chains" | 3:34 |
| 9. | "Goodbye" | 4:09 |
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Total length:
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35:10 | |
Personnel
- Paul Stanley - lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, acoustic guitar, EBow, all guitars on track 7
- Bob Kulick - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
- Steve Buslowe - bass guitar on tracks 1–5
- Eric Nelson - bass guitar on tracks 6–9
- Richie Fontana - drums on tracks 1–4
- Carmine Appice - drums on track 5
- Craig Krampf - drums on tracks 6–9
- Diana Grasselli - backing vocals on track 2
- Miriam Naomi Valle - backing vocals on track 2
- Maria Vidal - backing vocals on track 2
- Peppy Castro - backing vocals on tracks 3 and 7
- Doug Katsaros - piano, Omni string ensemble and backing vocals on track 7
- Steve Lacey - electric guitar on track 8
Production
- Jeff Glixman - engineer, producer (tracks 5, 6, 8, 9)
- Paul Grupp - engineer
- Barbara Isaak - assistant engineer
- George Marino - remastering
- Paul Stanley - producer, mixer
- Mike Stone - mixer
- Karat Faye - OD Engineer
- Eraldo Carulgati - album artwork
Charts
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| Chart (1978) | Position |
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| Canadian Albums | 43 |
| US Pop Albums | 40 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Single | Chart (1978) | Position |
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| "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)" | Canadian Pop Singles | 64 |
| U.S. Pop Singles | 46 |
Certification
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[5] | Gold | 50,000 |
| United States (RIAA)[6] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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References
- ↑ Paul Stanley at AllMusic
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External links
- KISSONLINE.COM Discography - Paul Stanley, accessed on March 30, 2016
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- Certification Table Entry usages for Canada
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- 1978 debut albums
- Paul Stanley albums
- Albums produced by Paul Stanley
- Casablanca Records albums
- Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios
- English-language albums
- Albums produced by Jeff Glixman
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